Scope and Contents Interviewer(s): T. Priest. Houston, TXAffiliation: University of Houston/History InternationalDave Work was a top exploration manager for Amoco for many years and then with BP-Amoco after the merger. Received his M.S. in geology from UC-Santa Cruz and hired on as a geologist with Amoco in 1970. He retired from BP-Amoco in 2000 as regional president responsible for the Gulf Coast, Southwest, and Rocky Mountain states. His direct influence over activities in the Gulf...

Scope and Contents Interviewer(s): J. Piekielek. Houma, LAAffiliation: University of ArizonaJim Sell had interviewed Peggy's husband, Kermit Wurzlow, on a previous trip to Houma. He suggested that I get in touch with her to see if she might be willing to help me get in touch with wives or women who worked in the oil industry. Peggy still works at the office, Wurzlow Abstracts. In fact, she seemed to be the only one in the office when I arrived at 10:30am. She was wearing what looked...

Scope and Contents Interviewer(s): J. Christy. Morgan City, LAAffiliation: University of Houston/History InternationalJoe Young attended Centenary College in Shreveport, Louisiana and received a degree in Geology. He went to work on a seismic crew in 1951 and then went to as an analyst for a mud logging unit called Consolidated Well Logging in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas. Later, Mr. Young went to work for Dowell as a service engineer in Kilgore and Tyler. He then came to south...

Scope and Contents Interviewer(s): D. Austin. Lafayette, LAAffiliation: University of ArizonaI was referred to Ed and Mary Zamadics by Mary's brother, Tom May. Tom is the business manager of the Society for Applied Anthropology, and when he learned about the history study he recommended I set up a meeting with Ed. When I called and explained the project, Ed was happy to participate. I met him and Mary at their home in Lafayette.Ed Zamadics became involved in the oil and gas...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: When UH’s Center for Public History and the University Libraries collaborated to create the Houston History Archives (UH-HHA), part of their mission included a repository for oral histories that tell stories of the growth and development of the Gulf Coast region from multiple points of view. To that end, the Houston Oral History Project in the Center for Public History trains history graduate students to research and interview Houstonians with recollections of the city’s civil rights,...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: When UH’s Center for Public History and the University Libraries collaborated to create the Houston History Archives (UH-HHA), part of their mission included a repository for oral histories that tell stories of the growth and development of the Gulf Coast region from multiple points of view. To that end, the Houston Oral History Project in the Center for Public History trains history graduate students to research and interview Houstonians with recollections of the city’s civil rights,...